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John P. Dedon
John Dedon is a principal in the firm with the Trust, Estate & Tax Planning practice group. As an estate planning, business, tax and wealth preservation attorney, he has been in private practice since 1984. His practice focuses on preserving wealth for high net worth individuals from estate and income tax, potential creditors, and probate costs. His clients include business owners and high-level executives as well as politicians, entertainers and professional athletes.Techniques including family partnerships, irrevocable trusts, dynasty trusts, cryonic preservation trusts, defective trusts, grantor retained annuity trusts and charitable planning often play a key role in the wealth preservation planning. He also provides solutions for clients wanting to preserve assets for special needs beneficiaries, such as children with handicaps, children with failing or failed marriages, and children requiring incentives to succeed on their own. Mr. Dedon has been quoted extensively in newspapers throughout the country including the Washington Post and Chicago Tribune and as a nationally recognized expert on Supporting Organizations, he was quoted in a lead article on the subject in the Wall Street Journal. Mr. Dedon has written numerous articles for professional journals and publications on tax issues, and speaks on tax matters and wealth preservation issues for health care providers, certified public accountants, lawyers, financial planners and the public. He is also the author of Dedon on Estate Planning (http://www.dedononestateplanning.typepad.com/), a regularly updated discussion of estate planning topics affecting Virginia residents and U.S. citizens. In addition, he also conducts continuing education seminars throughout the country for CPAs and insurance professionals. In 2007 and 2008, Mr. Dedon was named among Virginia's "Legal Elite" according to Virginia Business magazine. His inclusion on this list means that he is among those lawyers recognized by his peers as the best in Virginia. To view a video from John Dedon, click here. Practice Areas: - Estate Planning
- Tax Planning and Controversy
- Wealth Preservation
- Asset Protection
- Corporate and Business Planning
Education & Background: - LL.M. Taxation, Georgetown University Law Center, 1984
- J.D., cum laude, New England School of Law, 1982
- B.A., with honors, George Washington University, 1978
- Attorney-Advisor, Judge Randolph Caldwell, Jr., U.S. Tax Court, 1982-1984
Professional Activities: - Fairfax Bar Association
- Virginia State Bar Association
- Virginia Automobile Dealers Association Education Foundation Advisory Board, Member
- Inova Health Systems, Board of Directors
Articles / Speeches / Presentations: Admitted to Practice: - Virginia
- District of Columbia
- U.S. Tax Court
- U.S. Claims Court
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
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